In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kalbakkhorekovich and the family name is Toka.
Salchak Toka
Салчак Тока
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party
In office 6 March 1932 – 10 October 1944
Preceded by
Irgit Shagdyrzhap
Succeeded by
Position renamed
First Secretary of the Tuvan Oblast Committee of the CPSU
In office 13 October 1944 – 10 October 1961
Preceded by
Position renamed
Succeeded by
Position renamed
First Secretary of the Tuvan Republican Committee of the CPSU
In office 11 October 1961 – 11 May 1973
Preceded by
Position renamed
Succeeded by
Grigoriy Shirshin
Personal details
Born
(1901-12-15)15 December 1901 Mergen Lamaiin Hiid, Outer Mongolia, Qing China
Died
11 May 1973(1973-05-11) (aged 71) Kyzyl, Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
Qing China Tuvan People's Republic Soviet Union
Nationality
Tuvan
Political party
CPSU (1944–1973)
Other political affiliations
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1921–1944)
Spouse
Khertek Anchimaa
(m. 1940)
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Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka (Russian: Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока, 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1901 – 11 May 1973) was a Tuvan and later, Soviet politician. He was General Secretary of the Tuvan department of the CPSU from 1944 to 1973; previously, he was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party and was the supreme ruler of the Tuvan People's Republic from 1932 until its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1944.[1]
^Adle, Chahryar (1 January 2005). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period – From the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth Century. UNESCO. p. 337. ISBN 9789231039850.
Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka (Russian: Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока, 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1901 – 11 May 1973) was a Tuvan and later, Soviet politician...
Cyrillic script replaced Latin. Under the leadership of Party Secretary SalchakToka, ethnic Russians were granted full citizenship rights and Buddhist and...
Republic to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ). "Khertek Anchimaa Toka: the world’s first female head of state". Times Online. 2 October 2008. Retrieved...
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adopting a Cyrillic script in 1943. Under the leadership of Party Secretary SalchakToka, ethnic Russians were granted full citizenship rights and Buddhist and...
Donduk had ignored. A coup was launched in 1929. One of these commissars, SalchakToka, replaced Donduk as General Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary...
Soviet support and depose Kuular, imprisoning and later executing him. SalchakToka would become the new head of the country. Under the new government, collectivization...
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coup d'état, which removed and executed Donduk. He was replaced with SalchakToka, a hardline Stalinist that ruled Tuva until his death in 1972, overseeing...
Titarenko Алексе́й Титаре́нко New Member 1915 1992 1940 Ukrainian Male SalchakToka Салчак Тока Candidate Member 1901 1973 1944 Tuvan Male Lev Tolkunov Лев...
Timoshenko Семён Тимошенко Member Candidate 1895 1970 1919 Ukrainian Male SalchakToka Салчак Тока New Candidate 1901 1973 1929 Tuvan Male Vladimir Tskhovrebashvili...
Vitaly Titov Виталий Титов Old Reelected 1907 1980 1938 Ukrainian Male SalchakToka Салчак Тока Candidate Died 1901 1973 1944 Tuvan Male Alexander Tokarev...
Tuvans were divided into nine regions called khoshuun, namely the Tozhu, Salchak, Oyunnar, Khemchik, Khaasuut, Shalyk, Nibazy, Daavan and Choodu, and Beezi...